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669 Restrictions On Legal Actions In Relation To Tax Sale

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669 (1) After the end of the period allowed for redemption, no action may be brought to recover the property sold or to set aside its sale.

  • (2) No action may be brought
  • (a) against the registrar of land titles, the minister charged with the administration of the Land Title Act, the Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia or the collector in respect of the sale of the property or the registration of an indefeasible title to it, or
  • (b) against the municipality in respect of any loss or damage sustained by reason of the sale, except as provided in this section.
  • (3) A person who at the time of the tax sale was an owner of, a registered owner in fee simple of or an owner of a registered charge on the property must be indemnified by the municipality for any loss or damage sustained by the person on account of the sale of the property if the circumstances referred to in section 666(2)(a), (b) or (c) existed.
  • (4) As limits on subsection (3),
  • (a) no action may be brought to recover indemnity or compensation under this section after the end of one year from the time allowed by this Act for redemption of the real property, and
  • (b) there is no right to indemnity or compensation under subsection (3) if it is shown that the person claiming indemnity or compensation was aware at the time of tax sale that the property was offered for sale, or was aware during the period allowed for redemption that it had been sold.

RS1960‑255‑410; 1978‑25‑332; 1982‑60‑112, proclaimed effective August 1, 1983; 2004-66-151, effective January 20, 2005 (B.C. Reg. 16/2005); RSBC 2015-1-669, effective January 1, 2016 (B.C. Reg. 257/2015).